Tomoaki Honma

Real Name: Tomoaki Honma
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 216 lbs.
Date of Birth: November 18, 1976
Hometown: Higashine, Yamagata (Japan)
Pro Debut: May 18, 1997
Trained By: Michinoku Pro & BJPW Dojo
Finishing Move: Kokeshi

Biography

– Honma had ambitions of joining the New Japan Dojo at a young age, but his tryout was unsuccessful and he sought training with Michinoku Pro instead
– In 1997, Honma joined Big Japan Pro Wrestling
– On May 22, 1997, Honma wrestled his debut match for Big Japan, losing to Shunme Matsuzaki
– In October 1998, Honma joined the Deathmatch division of Big Japan on a full-time basis, having wrestled a few death matches over the past year. He was credited with revolutionising death match wrestling in the promotion by introducing aspects of traditional puroresu
– On December 5, 1998, Honma & Shadow WX defeated Shadow Winger & Jason The Terrible to win the vacant BJW Tag Team Titles
– On January 13, 1999, Honma & Shadow WX defeated Minoru Fujita & Ikuto Hidaka to retain the BJW Tag Team Titles
– On January 2, 2000, Honma defeated Ryuji Yamakawa in a Spike Nail And Barbed Wire Double Board Death Match to win the BJW Death Match Heavyweight Title
– On January 7, Honma & Ryuji Yamakawa defeated Shunme Matsuzaki & Kamikaze to win the BJW Tag Team Titles
– On February 22, Honma defeated Abdullah Kobayashi in a Barbed Wire Board And Ladder Death Match to retain the BJW Death Match Heavyweight Title
– On April 28, Honma & Ryuji Yamakawa defeated Jun Kasai & MEN’s Teioh to retain the BJW Tag Team Titles
– Honma placed third in the 2000 BJW World Extreme Cup
– On November 23, 2000, Honma defeated Zandig in a Glass And Barbed Wire Board Death Match to win the BJW Death Match Heavyweight Title. However, Honma would not wrestle another match for the company, leaving days later due to disagreements with management
– After a year as a freelancer, Honma signed with All Japan in March 2002
– Honma suffered a neck injury in late 2005 and would be out of action for close to six months
– Honma announced his departure from All Japan in April 2006, just a month after his return from injury
– On September 24, 2006, Honma & Jun Kasai defeated BADBOY Hido & Takashi Sasaki in a Bunkhouse Barbed Wire Baseball Bat And Ladder Death Match to win the WEW Tag Team Titles
– On January 8, 2007, Honma & Kasai defeated Takashi Sasaki & The Winger to retain the WEW Tag Team Titles
– By mid-2007, Honma was competing full-time for New Japan
– At Resolution 2009, Great Bash Heel (Honma, Tomohiro Ishii & Jado) defeated Wataro Inoue, Milano Collection AT & Taichi Ishikari
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2010, Honma, Tiger Mask & AKIRA defeated CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii, Takashi Iizuka & Gedo)
– At Wrestle Kingdom V, Honma, Tiger Mask, Tama Tonga & Wataru Inoue defeated CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii, Yujiro Takahashi, Gedo & Jado)
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2011, Honma, Manabu Nakanishi & Hiromu Takahashi defeated CHAOS (Gedo, Jado & Killer Rabbit)
– At Power Struggle 2011, Honma & Wataru Inoue defeated CHAOS (Takashi Iizuke & Hideo Saito)
– At Satoshi Kojima’s 20th Anniversary Show, Honma, Yutaka Yoshie & Wataru Inoue defeated Yuji Nagata, Koji Kanemoto & Osamu Nishimura
– In March 2012, Honma was released from his NJPW contract due to ‘personal problems’. He would briefly compete for ZERO1 before rejoining All Japan in September
– Honma returned to New Japan in March 2013, reuniting with Togi Makabe
– At Destruction 2013, Honma, Togi Makabe, Mascara Dorada & Captain New Japan defeated Rey Bucanero, Karl Anderson, Tama Tonga & Bad Luck Fale
– At Wrestle Kingdom 8, Honma, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, BUSHI & Captain New Japan defeated Jushin Liger, Yohei Komatsu, Manabu Nakanishi & Super Strong Machine
– At Destruction in Kobe 2014, Honma, Jushin Liger, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi, Tiger Mask & Captain New Japan
– At King Of Pro Wrestling 2014, Honma, Togi Makabe, Yuji Nagata & Kota Ibushi defeated BULLET CLUB (Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Tama Tonga & Bad Luck Fale)
– At Wrestle Kingdom 9, Honma, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima defeated BULLET CLUB (Jeff Jarrett, Yujiro Takahashi & Bad Luck Fale)
– At Invasion Attack 2015, Honma, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima defeated BULLET CLUB (Tama Tonga, Yujiro Takahashi & Cody Hall)
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2015, Honma, Tenzan & Kojima defeated BULLET CLUB (Tama Tonga, Bad Luck Fale & Cody Hall)
– At Dominion 2015, Honma & Tetsuya Naito defeated BULLET CLUB (Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi)
– At King Of Pro Wrestling 2015, Honma defeated YOSHI-HASHI
– Great Bash Heel (Honma & Togi Makabe) won the 2015 World Tag League, defeating Tetsuya Naito & EVIL in the final
– At Wrestle Kingdom 10, Great Bash Heel (Honma & Togi Makabe) defeated BULLET CLUB (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– At The New Beginning in Niigata 2016, Great Bash Heel defeated BULLET CLUB (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) to retain the IWGP Tag Team Titles
– At Honor Rising 2016, Honma, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Michael Elgin & Moose defeated BULLET CLUB (Tama Tonga, Yujiro Takahashi, Bad Luck Fale & Cody Hall)
– At Destruction in Tokyo 2016, Honma, Togi Makabe & Tiger Mask defeated Jushin Liger, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan
– At Destruction in Kobe 2016, Great Bash Heel (Honma & Togi Makabe) defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Teruaki Kanemitsu
– At King Of Pro Wrestling 2016, Great Bash Heel, Bobby Fish & Ryusuke Taguchi defeated CHAOS (Rocky Romero, Toru Yano, Beretta & Jado
– Great Bash Heel retained their World Tag League Champion status in 2016, defeating Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa in the final
– At Togi Makabe’s 20th Anniversary Show, Great Bash Heel defeated CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano)
– At Destruction in Hiroshima 2018, Great Bash Heel & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Jay White & YOSHI-HASHI)
– At Destruction in Beppu 2018, Great Bash Heel, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Juice Robinson defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Jay White, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI)
– At King Of Pro Wrestling 2018, Great Bash Heel defeated Juice Robinson & Toa Henare
– At Takashi Iizuka’s Retirement Show, Great Bash Heel, Tiger Mask & Toa Henare defeated Satoshi Kojima, Manabu Nakanishi, Ren Narita & Yota Tsuji
– At NJPW’s 47th Anniversary Show, Honma, Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi, Satoshi Kojima & Dragon Lee defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Taichi)
– At Wrestling Hinokuni 2019, Honma, Ren Narita & Shota Umino defeated Toe Henare, Yuya Uemura & Yota Tsuji
– At Destruction in Kagoshima 2019, Great Bash Heel, Jushin Liger & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Zack Sabre Jr & DOUKI)
– At Tiger Hattori’s Retirement Show, Great Bash Heel & Toa Henare defeated Yuya Uemura, Yota Tsuji & Gabriel Kidd
– At The New Beginning in Nagoya 2021, Honma, Kota Ibushi, Master Wato & SHO defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI & SANADA)
– At NJPW’s 49th Anniversary Show, Honma, Hirooki Goto, Master Wato & Gabriel Kidd defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr, Taichi & DOUKI)
– At The New Beginning in Nagoya 2023, Honma, Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado & Ren Narita defeated House of Torture (Yujiro Takahashi, Dick Togo, EVIL & SHO)
– At Kyushu Pro’s 15th Anniversary Show, Honma defeated Gabai Ji-chan & Batten Blabla in a Handicap Match